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I was looking forward to the brewery festival since it is a local brewery, but it was cancelled again this year due to Corona. Last year they sold sake for the brewery festival, so I bought some this year as well.
It is a silverish yellow color. It is a bit darker than the sake I have been drinking recently.
To begin with, it is an elegant and well-balanced sake with gorgeousness and mellowness. The mouthfeel is a little energetic, as is typical of nao kumi. The elegant ginjo aroma is very distinctive, and even I, who don't like ginjo aroma, like it! While being guided by the elegant aroma, I can certainly sense the elegant sweetness of the sake. The sweetness is well balanced with acidity and umami, and the bitterness that appears at the end is exquisite and slightly less pronounced than in the usual Tenranzan!
Personally, I often have a hard time drinking sake with such a strong ginjo aroma and sweetness, but this one is easy to drink. It has a solid drinking experience, but is balanced in a way that it does not focus too much on any one flavor. It has a great sense of balance that is rarely found anywhere else!
Even so, there is no shame in comparing this sake to other prestigious sake from other prefectures. To be honest, I was very impressed by the fact that a local brewery is producing sake of this quality.
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